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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Giriraj Srinivasan, Troy, MI (US);
Steven F. Chorian, Canton, MI (US);
Kanchana Pentapati, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Giriraj Srinivasan, Troy, MI (US);
Steven F. Chorian, Canton, MI (US);
Kanchana Pentapati, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A battery module assembly and method of assembling a battery. The battery module assembly includes a plurality of modules in which a plurality of battery cells are preassembled. The modules are compressed by end plates that are held together under compression by a plurality of linking members. The end plates may include a protrusion that applies pressure to the central portion of the battery cells within the modules. The central portion of the end plates may be partially spherical, partially cylindrical or a flat surface.